put to flight
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Already, shocking numbers have been put to flight by fires, derechos, and super storms, and so much worse is yet to come, according to experts.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2020
Dmitri Shalikashvili, a Georgian soldier put to flight by the invading Bolsheviks, spent part of the Second World War with a German unit fighting to release Georgia from Soviet control.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2014
Last week the Italian Government put to flight these notions.
From Time Magazine Archive
But later in the year the Bolsheviki entered on the scene, put to flight the native Government, and set up a soviet government designated as the Fraternal Soviet Republic of Georgia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Hunter's Moon waxed round in the night sky, and put to flight all the lesser stars.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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